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I have done a 90% water change and cleaned my tank. Will try turning my lights off through the day and just put them on when we are at home to see it I will also buy some real plants asap. Thank you so much for your advice. Linda

I don't have any live plants and my tank is not in direct sunlight. My male guppy's tail is diminishing by the day, he now looks like a female. i'm worried about him

can anyone advise me what to do?, my tank has got lots of algae all of a sudden, my white gravel has gone green and the glass is green too. What is causing this? what do I do to get rid of it? Do I need to get rid of it or is it a good sign? any advice will do. Thanks in advance Linda :sick...

My female guppy has had 4 babies this morning. by this afternoon there are only two (i think she has eaten two of them)so I have put them into a net breeder to keep them safe and left the mother in the plastic floating breeding tank. Is this the right thing to do? Will she have any more now or...

Thanks for that info guys, I did a water change about 2 hours ago, just tested the water again and is slightly better, I will change again tonight and then in morning as instructed. Thanks for your help. xx

Here goes I have bought the API liquid test kit, results are: Ammonia 0.25 Nitrite 2.0 Nitrate 5.0 PH 7.6 Should I be doing daily water changes with water conditioner going into the new water?

No I did not do a fishless cycle (wish I had) I bought the tank and set it up and ran it as instructed, adding filter start every other day.then added fish about day 7 then a week later added some more. I did have water tested by local fish shop at this point who advised me to do a weekly 25%...

I have just tested my water with a tablet that came with my tank kit. I have been doing a 25% water change every other day and the results are off the chart. it is shocking pink and I am worried that I am doing something drastically wrong. Any quick solutions please as I have fish to look after.

I have this problem, I thought it was bits of gravel at first, someone with better eyesight than me noticed that they were in fact air bubbles coming from my filter. I have a PF1 internal power filter. otherwise my water is crystal clear too.

Please can anyone enlighten me as to what the ideal temp should be? I have guppies and tetras. Thanks in advance

Thank you so much. My mind is at rest...

:crazy: Hi can anyone help me, My guppies eyes seem to be completely black (all pupil and no iris visible), she is pregnant and I have put her in the breeding tank as she looks set to drop any day. Today though her eyes seem normal (pupils and iris visible) but I have noticed that two of my...

I washed my gravel thoroughly, swishing it around and sieving until it ran clear. two days later after these white bits didn't disappear I emptied my tank, washed the gravel again and lo and behold - the bits came back again. I have been adding my fish slowly and taking samples to the aquatic...

I have 6 female guppies 2 male guppies 6 black phantom tetras 4 neon tetras I can see that it is definately not poop. While using a vaccum syphon to do a water change, I am noticing that I am disturbing a white cloud from gravel and it is going up the syphon in little clouds. I am beginning to...

Hi, My tank was cloudy for a few days until i realised that I had totally submerged the filter and should have had the top bit out of the water. next morning it was crystal clear.

Hi, Just registered so I could ask this question. I set up my aquarium 3 weeks ago and have put white gravel in, the problem is that I have white snowy bits floating around my tank. it does look a bit like air bubbles but is definately not. Can anybody tell me if this is normal, will it clear...